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10:28 pm
December 19, 2010
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My beloved dog and best friend passed on today. I would like to make an urn for his ashes. I did a search and didn't find any made by blacksmiths. Just would like to get some ideas.
Brian
11:24 pm
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April 22, 2010
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yeah, I have made a couple, but only for humans...
here is one- its not forged, and its made from aluminum. but its what my friend wanted, to put her dad in, who was an inventor and tinkerer.
I did another one for a couple who were on the Alaska Air plane that crashed in Santa Barbara. It is all copper, again, not really forged, but fabbed and machined and engraved. It sits outside, overlooking padilla bay, and has turned a very nice color of dark brownish green by now.
I know a girl in LA who makes pet urns as her living- she is more of a fabricating sculptor type, not a blacksmith-
http://www.custompeturns.com/o.....durns.html
12:00 am
December 19, 2010
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Thanks Ries. I am gonna make one, thinking of using some 1/4" plate and forming a rectangular box, and a similar box lid, give it a nice texture and put an initial on the outside in copper. He was a great dog, its rough losing such a great friend. Thanks for responding.
Brian
12:05 am
December 19, 2010
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I like the stuff on your friends site. She seems to be helping pets an owners alike.
1:10 am
December 19, 2010
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Thanks Sam. He was one of the great ones.
4:31 pm
"made by blacksmiths. Just would like to get some ideas."
Don't worry about what other blacksmiths have made. Your heart will find the perfect container to make.;) Sorry about your friend.
1:39 am
November 17, 2010
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Sorry for your loss. Pets often are closer to us than the humans in our lives.
I had a thought, and you can take it for what it's worth because I've never done it.
What if you tried taking a piece of 4-6" pipe and welding an end on it, then forging a neck down and flaring the mouth? You could do all of that (Other than the weld) on the anvil, and clean the weld up with a grinder. If you did it before you started forging, the cleaned area would probably pick up scale like the rest of it and sort of blend in. You could forge a lid out of some mild steel. Maybe dome it or something. You could even dish it and drill a hole in the center for a finial to decorate the top.
Just a very unclear thought.
2:45 am
December 19, 2010
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Heres what i came up with. quarter inch plate, cut with the plasma and tig welded. Theres also a picture of my buddy. He will be missed.
2:46 am
December 19, 2010
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I used a top fuller and my swage block to create the wave on two sides.
6:00 am
March 22, 2010
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I had a 5" powder casing/shell for a 5" navel gun in the shop full of oil for heat treating blades, thought it would make a great urn.
7:17 pm
May 30, 2010
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I made one. Had to be made with a couple of day turnaround so I fabricated and decorated the panels from 11 gauge stainless.
2:05 am
December 19, 2010
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Gene, that is a good idea! If i had had one of those i would have used it. Stumptown, thats similar to what i made. looks good.
6:45 am
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April 19, 2010
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Truly sorry for your loss; we know it leaves a big hole in your heart and life. Having had some remarkable companions over the years, we will nevenr forget them. The urn you made is very good; excellent work.
Now, with the few days that have passed and the loss is not so overwhelming, perhaps I can offer a design idea. Actually the design came from Dave Lisch and my attempt at making one of his "Candy Dish" is shown below. The dish was one of the objects that Dave included for us to build in his December 18th "Christmas Gift Making Class". I presented it to my wife for Christmas and she accepted it with a comment that it looked like it would do well to hold candies for a person who should be on a diet; a reminder that life is even shorter if you are over weight. Welded up it could make a small urn? The interlocking top and bottoms corners are quite clever.
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